UBS GROLOGY OF OHIO. 
cart, and McKey, the main coal varies from five feet to five feet six inches, 
the clay from six inches to one foot, while the roof coal is said, at times, to 
reach three feet. The bank operated by Mr. Robert Dutton is regarded as 
yielding the best coal. It shows the following section : 
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Bh OIA, GORBOG GGG GOOG BEGBOOCOOG GUNG CB0G00 6000 A668 1b DOL 
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The voof coal is said to be very good. The upper pyrites band, so char- 
acteristic of the bed, is not persistent here, and occurs only occasionally 
four to eight inches from the top. Nodules of pyrites are common in the 
upper portion of No. 4, as well as in No. 8, where, also, a pyrites band, 
nearly one-half inch thick, is constant. Some portions of the bed are 
exceedingly rich in bitumen, there being layers several inches thick, 
which seem to consist of little else. Broken across the grain. the fracture 
is clean and conchoidal, but when split with the grain, the surface is 
irregular. In the middle portion, the coal is tather open-burning, comes 
out beautifully in blocks, and contains many lamine of vegetable char- 
coal. In the lower portion, films of carbonate of lime frequently occur 
on the faces. This is one of the prettiest coals in the county, and appears 
to be comparatively free from sulphur. 
On the Smithfield road, there ate several openings near Short Creek. 
In these the main coal is five feet to five feet four inches thick, and the roof 
coal is from six totwelve inches. The coal is not inferior to that obtained 
on Long Run. The bed is one-hundred and sixty feet above the creek, 
and the section below 1s== 
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1. Coat No. 8 . 
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6. Shales and sandstone to creek. 
Smithfield Township.-As in Mt. Pleasant, the surface hete is elevated, 
the village of Smithfield being not far from six hundred feet above the 
Ohio River. Owing, however, tothe regular rise of the strata north: 
westward, Coal No. 8 is available in a large portion of the township, being 
